diacritics

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If I want to read a PDF with heavy use of diacritics, or even completely different alphabets, will those display correctly on Kindle?

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  • Everybody agrees that diacritics should be avoided, but they don't agree on what should be used instead The phoneticians wish to use IPA letters, while the conservatives think the proposed first step is enough and they should stop there altogether. —  SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURES MAGAZINE
  • This link didn't work with the diacritics - it turned into a link to the name David in Czech. —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
  • All articles must start with the same letter of the alphabet, allowing for diacritics and transliteration (so Å, Á, and あ would all count if A were the letter, for instance). —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Strewn diacritics and all, Tůma is one of countless forgotten minor masters at the nexus between the late Baroque and Classical styles. —  Ionarts
  • As for whether to include the accent marks, I suppose that has to do with Citizendium's general policies on diacritics in titles. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
 

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